1.16.2009

Davis to see 400 fewer freshmen
The state’s budget crisis is hitting home in new ways: • Construction has been suspended on the School of Law expansion project. (See separate story.) • UC Davis will reduce ... [ More ]

Regents approve enrollment cutback, freeze on senior management pay
Acting on the recommendation of UC President Mark G. Yudof, the Board of Regents on Jan. 14 approved plans curtailing undergraduate enrollment growth, and freezing the salaries of top administrators ... [ More ]

King Hall construction halted
UC Davis has suspended work on the renovation and construction of King Hall, home of the UC Davis School of Law, following the Dec. 17 decision by the California Pooled Money Investment Board to ... [ More ]

	J.T. O'Sullivan is the all-time UC Davis passing leader.

Names chosen for 5 more buildings at the Colleges at La Rue complex; nominations sought for Tercero
Five more buildings at the Colleges at La Rue apartments will soon get names, continuing the university’s tradition of naming new student residential facilities after faculty and staff who ... [ More ]

Food workers join employee ranks in '09
Almost 200 food-service workers and about 400 student employees will receive their first UC Davis paychecks this month after making the transition from Sodexo to university employment. Their move ... [ More ]

Animal researchers threatened
An animal rights group has claimed that it has sent letter bombs to two UC Davis researchers. The UC Davis Police Department, Davis Police Department and other agencies are investigating the claim, ... [ More ]

Big boost for energy efficiency
Chevron Corp. has given UC Davis $2.5 million to create a permanent leadership position for the campus’s Energy Efficiency Center. The person appointed to the Chevron Chair in Energy ... [ More ]

STIMULATING DEBATE: Profs ponder pros, cons of Obama's economic stimulus plan
Will president-elect Obama’s supersized economic stimulus plan work? It is all in the details, as they say. Current estimates for the stimulus legislation’s price tag range from $675 ... [ More ]

Fables and fairy tales: Book, forum and ballet
Once upon a time — in January and February, to be specific — the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts scheduled three events dealing with fables and fairy tales. First, the BackStage ... [ More ]

INSPIRED BY IVES
They call themselves the Ives Quartet, inspired by the passionate, artistic commitment and unique temperament of American composer Charles Ives (1874–1954). The San Francisco-based musicians ... [ More ]

BEYOND THE BINARY: Reclaiming Bisexuality!
BEYOND THE BINARY: Reclaiming Bisexuality! Jan. 20-23 Jan. 20 — Bi 101, basics of bisexuality and nonmonosexuality, 1 p.m., Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center; Kickoff Social, ... [ More ]

Aggie journeys go as far as Madagascar
Aggie Adventures, the Cal Aggie Alumni Association’s travel program, announced a 2009 schedule with trips as far as Madagascar and as close as Alaska. The schedule comprises 20 adventures, ... [ More ]

THE OUTDOORS: At the arboretum
Folk Music Jams—Play or listen. Noon Jan. 23, and Feb. 6 and 20, Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road. Free and open to the public. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and ... [ More ]

	Pablo Ortiz

EMPYREAN ENSEMBLE CONCERT
AMERICANA: AMERICAN THEMES IN MUSIC AND FILM WHAT: Empyrean Ensemble WHEN: 7 p.m. Jan. 25 WHERE: Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts TICKETS: (530) 754-2787 or (866) ... [ More ]

	One of Frank Von Sloun's works on display at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

IN BRIEF: Farmers market survey; 'Best bang for the buck'; TA development grants; Words Take Wing; Bikeway and Transit Network Plan workshops
Farmers market survey The East Quad Farmers Market is dormant for winter quarter, but the organizers are hard at work trying to make the market better. And, in the process, you have a chance to ... [ More ]

IN RESEARCH Problems in baby fish
Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and ... [ More ]

SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA: Education reform; Physics and biology; 'Mapped Out'; Academic Literacy Summit
Education reform The Distinguished Educational Thinkers series announced a talk by Michael Fullan, a worldwide authority on education reform. His topic: “The Six Secrets of ... [ More ]

Dan Sehnert knows where the beef is—here
When Dan Sehnert, facilities coordinator for the Department of Animal Science, looks out over the Cole Facility on La Rue Road, he does not see the weathered bleachers or the mud-plagued ... [ More ]

BETTER BRAND MARKETING: New licensing agreement to maximize UC Davis presence
You will soon see more of UC Davis around town -- and beyond. The university has contracted with The Collegiate Licensing Company, the largest collegiate licensing agency in the United States, to ... [ More ]

AROUND THE UC
Students win fee lawsuit The UC school system paid out more than $33 million last month to nearly 35,000 former students after losing a class-action lawsuit over a fee dispute, according to The ... [ More ]

OPEN FORUM: Scholars denounce Israel’s Gaza offensive
UC Davis faculty members Sunaina Maira, Caren Kaplan, Suad Joseph, Omnia El Shakry and Eric Smoodin are among the 100 signatories to the following Jan. 3 statement by the California Scholars for ... [ More ]

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